‘Staying the course when it’s the wrong course is not leadership,’ said Green Party Leader Elizabeth May of the Liberal government’s response to a recent UN report on the impacts of climate change.

After a 'landmark' UN report warning of the devastating impacts of climate change the world can expect to see by 2030 unless drastic actions are undertaken, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna has said Canada will continue with its existing plan. While experts say the feds' plan is better than what the Conservatives are offering up, it still falls short of what the recent UN report makes clear is required. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Last week’s UN report detailing the devastating and irreversible impacts of climate change, which the world is on track to see by 2030, underscores the urgent need for Canada to “ratchet up” its efforts and targets, say experts and critics, who also say the government should drop its pursuit of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

The Liberals will be under attack from all sides in the next election campaign, but Liberals say they have a good story to tell and some say they need to sharpen up their communications strategy before it's too late.